EditorialSara Wigginton, a microbiologist at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, works with samples of water and nitrate at the center in Sandwich, Mass., Dec. 5, 2022. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
EditorialWAKSMAN, Selman Aabraham (Priluki ,1888-Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1973). American microbiologist. He discovered streptomycin. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952.
EditorialLouis Pasteur in his laboratory. The great French chemist and microbiologist discovered and developed various vaccines, among them that against rabies. 1885. Oil on canvas, 1,54 x 1,26 cm DO 1986-16.
EditorialA panel discussion before to the performance of “The Mold That Changed the World” with, from left: composer and songwriter Robin Hiley; Sarah Despres of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Bethany Brookshire, a science writer; Dr. Rick Bright; and writer Diane Shader Smith, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, Oct. 20, 2022. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Dennehy, a virologist, and Monica Trujillo, a microbiologist, look over the results after wastewater samples are tested for the presence of coronavirus in New York on July 30, 2022. (Jonah Markowitz/The New York Times)
EditorialEmmanuelle Charpentier, a French microbiologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020 with Jennifer Doudna, in New York, May 17, 2016. (Kasten Moran/The New York Times)